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TIJ 149

Text Information

Siglum
TIJ 149
Alternative Sigla
King 1990: 659
Transliteration
l ḥṣṣ
Translation
By Ḥṣṣ

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Harding & Littmann: ḥdd rather than ḥṣṣ. DISCUSSION King (1990: 659) commented: "TIJ read this and 150 as Tham.E. The third and fourth letters, however, are Tham C ṣ's, see, for example, JS 7+6 = Winnett and Reed 1970. For tailless ḥ's is that script, see JS 86, 96 etc.".

Original Reading Credit
King 1990
Original Translation Credit
King 1990

  • Winnett, F.V. & Reed, W.L. Ancient Records from North Arabia. with contributions by J.T. Milik and J. Starcky. (Near and Middle East Series, 6). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970.
  • Harding, G.L. & Littmann, E. Some Thamudic Inscriptions from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Leiden: Brill, 1952.
  • King, G.M.H. Early North Arabian Thamudic E. A preliminary description based on a new corpus of inscriptions from the Ḥismā desert of southern Jordan and published material. Ph.D thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1990. [Unpublished]. 1990.
Site
Makman al-Ǧāhilīn, Al-‘Aqabah Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Name only
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0051100
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